Course detail

Semester Project

FSI-QS3Acad. year: 2025/2026

The course creates the necessary design habits in students and develops teamwork skills with a focus on vehicles and vehicle engines. During the exercise, students will practically get acquainted with the draft concept, main dimensions and calculation of the key components of the vehicle engine. For their chosen engine concept, they will then process the structural design of the engine's basic parameters, create a calculation protocol of the engine's key parts, and build a thermodynamic model. When processing the assigned task, knowledge from previous subjects of the automotive and traffic engineering program is used, with an emphasis on the digitalization of the entire design, calculation and production process according to the Industry 4.0 concept.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. David Svída, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Automotive Engineering (ÚADI)

Entry knowledge

The student must have knowledge corresponding to the basic courses of the FSI BUT master's degree in Brno. From the automotive and traffic engineering program, in particular, the courses Power Unit Energy Transformation Theory (QTS) and Vehicle Engines (QVO).

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Conditions for granting classified credit: presentation in the exercise, submission of the calculation protocol and continuous presentation of partial procedures according to the assignment. Both the correctness of calculations and the graphic level of submitted materials are evaluated.
Teaching in exercises is compulsory, participation is checked by the teacher. The form of replacement of lessons missed for serious reasons is decided individually with the guarantor of the subject.

Aims

The aim of the course is the practical verification of the theoretical knowledge acquired by students in the individual subjects of the automotive and transport engineering program and the comprehensive use of this knowledge within the scope of the assignment being processed. The task is to complete the habits needed when processing basic design documents, i.e. calculation reports including construction using modern computer programs with a focus on vehicles and vehicle engines.
The course introduces students to the comprehensive use of the knowledge of the subjects of the automotive and traffic engineering program in the design of key components of a vehicle engine. Students will master the procedures for determining the main dimensions of the key components of the vehicle engine, its systems and components, the nature of stress on individual components and the procedure for control strength calculation. Next, the method of processing the calculation report and design documentation using modern computer programs.

Study aids

For the course, complete up-to-date teaching texts, materials for exercises and video tutorials are available in the school's E-learning system.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

HEISLER, H.: Advanced engine technology. Butterworth-Heinemann 2002. ISBN 1-5609-1-734-2.
KOVAŘÍK, L. a kol.: Konstrukce vozidlových spalovacích motorů. NV Praha, 1992
RICARDO, R. - HEMPSON, J.: The High-speed Internal-combustion Engine.
STONE, R.: Internal Combustion Engines
TAYLOR, CH. F.: The Internal Combustion Engine in Theory and Praxis
YAMAGATA, H.: The science and technology of materials in automotive engines. Woodhead Publishing 2005. ISBN 978-1-85573-742-6

Recommended reading

Kožoušek, J.: Výpočet a konstrukce spalovacích motorů I, SNTL Praha 1978
Rauscher, J.: Ročníkový projekt,Studijní opory,VUT Brno, 2005

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-ADI-P Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Computer-assisted exercise

78 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. David Svída, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Project submission. Project of engine conception.
Start CAD program Pro/Engineer and introduction to base modeling.
2. Calculation of kinematics of crank mechanism of engine.
Create a solid feature using extrude, revolve and sweep tools.
3. Construction of pressure-volume diagram of real engine.
Create parallel blend and engineering features as round and chamfer.
4. Process of forces, which act to piston, piston pin, tangential forces and torque moment.
Advanced modeling: creating a helical sweep by sweeping a section along a helical trajectory, boundary blend feature between references entities in one or two directions.
5. Continuance torque moment on crankshaft journal.
Creating clasic and industry-stadard holes. Creating Draft feature to individual surfaces. Creating 3D dimensions in the part.
6. Continuance torque moment on connecting rod pins.
Creating user relations and customizing user interface.
7. Engine balancing.
Creating sub and main assembly.
8. Project of fundamental proportion of piston.
Creating of drawings from Pro/E models.
9. Production drawing of piston.
Reverse engineering extension – RESTYLE option.
10. Production drawing of piston.
Structural and motion analysis.
11. Project of piston pin.
Consulting with students about their CAD projects.
12. Production drawing of piston pin.
Consulting with students about their CAD projects.
13. Production drawing of piston pin.
Check students projects.